Unveiling the bittorrent performance in mobile WiMAX networks

Authors:
Xiaofei Wang;Seungbae Kim;Ted Taekyoung Kwon;Hyun-chul Kim;Yanghee Choi
Affiliations:
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;School of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;School of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;School of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea;School of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Venue:
PAM'11 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Passive and active measurement
Year:
2011

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Abstract

As mobile Internet environments are becoming widespread, how to revamp peer-to-peer (P2P) operations for mobile hosts is gaining more attention. In this paper, we carry out empirical measurement of BitTorrent users in a commercial WiMAX network. We investigate how handovers in WiMAX networks impact the BitTorrent performance, how BitTorrent peers perform from the aspects of connectivity, stability and capability, and how the BitTorrent protocol behaves depending on user mobility. We observe that the drawbacks of BitTorrent for mobile users are characterized by poor connectivity among peers, short download session times, small download throughput, negligible upload contributions, and high signaling overhead.